meningeal artery

1. 1.

   any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures

   Synonymsarteria meningea

   Broaderartery

   Narroweranterior meningeal arterymiddle meningeal arteryposterior meningeal artery

Questions about meningeal artery

What does meningeal artery mean?

meningeal artery means "any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures".

What is another word for meningeal artery?

Close synonyms include arteria meningea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meningeal artery a common word?

meningeal artery is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.